Welcome to Baltimore City, Maryland A Proud part of the Genealogy Trails Group Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Baltimore City. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This website is in need of a dedicated host! This is a continuation of our original Illinois Genealogy Trails project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project grow. If you think you might be interested in hosting a county website such as this one, please view the Volunteer Page for further informationand contact Kim. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists The city is named after the founding proprietor of the Maryland Colony, Lord Baltimore in the Irish House of Lords. Baltimore himself took his title from Baltimore in County Longford in Ireland, which is the English transliteration of the Irish language Baile an Tí Mór, or "Townland of the big house". Baltimore became an independent city in 1851, being separated from Baltimore County at that time. Baltimore became the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States during the 1800s. The Great Baltimore Fire on February 7, 1904, destroyed over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours and forced most of the city to rebuild. Baltimore is divided into nine geographical regions- Northern, Northwestern, Northeastern, Western, Central, Eastern, Southern, Southwestern, and Southeastern After New York City, Baltimore was the second city in the United States to reach a population of 100,000, (followed by New Orleans, Philadelphia, Boston). Baltimore was the second largest city in the nation until 1860, when it was surpassed by Philadelphia ONLINE DATA We're looking to add the following types of data to this site: Births Death notices and obituaries A-B -- C -- D-E -- F-G -- H-N -- O-Z Marriage Records Biographies Events Census Data Cemeteries Newspaper Data   Military Data (NEW) Passenger Lists Court Records Historical Pictures  Historical Postcards   Website Updates: Feb 2010: DASHIELL death notice; Gen. HARPER obit; Misc. News Item on BOOTH Jan 2009: Burials in Mt. Olivet Cemetery; War of 1812 News Items Dec 2009: John F. Von Worter obit Nov. 2009: Crime Story, Murder of RUSK Oct 2009: Historical pictures; Riot of 1812 (under Events) Sep 2009: Loudon Park Burials; Baltimore Cem and Mt. Olivet burials for GADD Aug 2009:Obits for BAKER, BARNEY, DAWES, DUMESTE, DUNCAN, RECK, MELTON, KORB, JOHNSON; Marriage notices for BURNAP, CHATARD, ADAIR; Historical postcards Jul 2009: Court document in Libel case, TODD vs. GARRISON May 2009: HUSSEY and THOMAS death notice; Misc. news item on Tom, the blind pianist; Slavery news items Apr 2009: STERRETT death notice; PIKE-WHITE marriage announcement; Runaway newspaper item; SMITH "For Sale" newspaper notice Mar 2009: WARD, LEVINGTON, ROGGE, MANN, FISHPAW death notices; Crime news story for DOUGHERTY, MORRIS, ROBISON; FICKES-MCILVAIN marriage announcement Oct 2008: WINOLD crime news item; Execution of "Negroes George and Henry" Aug 2008: Slavery News Items 9 Apr 2008: OBRIEN death notice 31 Jan 2008: Newspaper article about John OLIVER; crime news; lightning news story; Counterfeiter story; Clendinen Murder Attempt 9 Nov 2007: Newspaper article about Charity WELCOME 5 Nov 2007: A ton of new obits and death notices with surnames starting D-F 4 Nov 2007: Many new obits and death notices with surnames starting with A - C, news article about Sam McDonald 1 Nov 2007: Misc Passenger lists, 1 obit for Mary Carroll and 1 bio for William Bruce 27 Oct. 2007: Newspaper articles, 1 bio, 3 death notices 11 Sep 2007: Bio of BRICKER family 30 May 2007: Cities and Towns; Cemeteries; marriage notices, OBITS FOR: BRAZER, BROOKS, WARD, BURKE, CONNELLY, ESCAVAILLE, FERGUSON, YOUNG Surrounding County Baltimore County Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.